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Specifically, the six claimed journalist Simon Israel had insinuated they misled the IPCC panel on evidence they had against Mr Billinghurst. But the case was thrown out of the High Court.

The video showed the men shouting ‘attack, attack’ before running at the suspect's car, smashing the windows and windscreen and telling him to ‘get out of the car’ before pinning him to the ground.

The arrest took place in 2008 - but the IPCC investigation was not completed until three years later. All of the officers, part of the now-disbanded Enfield Crime Squad, kept their jobs.

But they have come under further
pressure now after Mr Billinghurst claimed one officer turned up the
music in his car as others assaulted him physically and verbally after
they had pinned him down on the side of the road.

The
suspect, who was later jailed for two months following the arrest,
believed the officers were ‘muggers’ because most of them appeared to be
wearing plain clothes.

He said the unconventional manner of the arrest was designed to 'punish, demoralise and humiliate' him.

Mr Billinghurst has said he believed officers were 'muggers' because they were mostly dressed in plain clothes

In the video, police shout 'attack, attack' before running to the car and telling the suspect: 'Get out of the car'

He also claims police failed to say
who they were. In its defence, the Metropolitan Police said officers
shouted ‘police, police’ and put a blue flashing siren on one of their
cars.

They said Mr
Billinghurst ‘was informed that he was under arrest and the grounds of
arrest as soon as was practicable’ - though it does not specify when
this was.

Mr Billinghurst has also claimed the officers took and failed to return his iPod, CDs and mobile phone.

After
going to Edmonton Police Station, Mr Billinghurst was taken to North
Middlesex Hospital and treated for a cut on his face believed to have
been caused by flying glass.

In
its defence, the Metropolitan Police said Mr Billinghurst was suspected
of driving a stolen car while disqualified from driving. Officers also
claimed that intelligence suggested he would be carrying a knife.

Police have denied Mr Billinghurst's claim that they did not announce themselves as Met officers

The arrest took place in 2008 - and the IPCC judged officers had used excessive force at a hearing in 2011

They said smashing the windows was being used as a valid ‘distraction technique’.

The defence also questioned the likelihood that Mr Billinghurst could win the action because the incident took place five years ago.

Police said the arrest took place on the same road Mr Billinghurst's twin brother had died while being pursued by police - although the suspect, who was in the car at the time, has denied police were involved.

In 2011, Mr Billinghurst told Channel 4 News: ‘I personally believe that they may have thought that I have… I may have links or connections.

'It could have been - not pulling the racial card or anything – but it could have been that because I'm a male, I'm a black male, they could have thought that I…or I must know somebody in a gang, or I must know who stole the vehicle or where it came from, but they were mistaken.’

The Metropolitan Police confirmed the claim had been lodged, but said: 'It would be inappropriate to comment further.'